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être à cheval entre - to straddle (lit. "to be on horseback between")
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chêne (m.) - oak
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à bout de souffle - breathless; running out of steam, running on empty; on its last legs
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гудок /gudok/ - honk; hoot; siren
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trancher - to judge, decide (a legal problem or question)
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se déchirer - to tear each other apart
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пуск /poosk/ - launch
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mordoré - golden brown, bronze
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pianoter - to drum (with one's fingers)
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courroucé - angry, irate
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Katya wrote:courroucé - angry, irate
The original "O Holy Night" (Cantique de Noel) uses the word "courroux" (wrath) to describe God.
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Portia wrote:
Katya wrote:courroucé - angry, irate
The original "O Holy Night" (Cantique de Noel) uses the word "courroux" (wrath) to describe God.
Huh. Apparently I never learned the first verse of that all that well.
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grommeler - to mumble
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http://www.lds.org/music/library/hymns/ ... t?lang=eng

You'll have to download it, because they no longer have the videos online that I can see, but certain hymns are extremely touching in ASL. This one is a favorite of mine, because of the visual image of darkness, and coming through it to God.
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SmurfBlueSnuggie wrote:http://www.lds.org/music/library/hymns/ ... t?lang=eng

You'll have to download it, because they no longer have the videos online that I can see, but certain hymns are extremely touching in ASL. This one is a favorite of mine, because of the visual image of darkness, and coming through it to God.
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пожалуйста (požálusta) meanings: 1)Please, 2)You're welcome, 3)Here you are (when offering something)
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
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piton (m.) - peak
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http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/73883/
Tally M wrote:Mot du jour, etc. is basically Katya's thread. I'm not even entirely sure what it's for, sometimes.
This thread is just "Word of the Day" for non-English words.
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mise en accusation, French, "impeachment"

When my officemate asked if that is what empêchement (impediment, hold-up) meant.
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The French word for "hat" is chapeau ("sha-poh") and the French word for "choice" is choix ("shwa"), so in the French version of the first Harry Potter book, the Sorting Hat is translated as the pun "choixpeau." :)
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